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Almost purely a metagame decision.

If you've been checkraising much at all, it's silly to go for a checkraise, as opp. may check many many many hands behind on the river that he'd call a bet with.

If you haven't been checkraising at all, a river checkraise is fine.

But it also depends on your opponent. Will he check/call with an 8 all the way til the river? If so, I prefer betting, so you don't need to make a 3-bet decision. If he's really passive, he'll again check a lot of hands he'll call with on the river.

Given this, I probably bet here.

Josh

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Awesome advice, thank you.

I had been showing down well, but very little CRing to this point, as I recall.